Huawei Mate 9 Pro up to 8.0.0 Soundtrigger Module Application access control
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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 9 Pro up to 8.0.0 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Soundtrigger Module. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker bypass the authentication, the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.
The bug was discovered 03/07/2018. The weakness was released 03/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-17279 since 12/04/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 8.0.0.343(C00) eliminates this vulnerability.
Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-114292.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mate 9 Pro 8.0.0.343(C00)
Timeline
12/04/2017 🔍03/07/2018 🔍
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03/09/2018 🔍
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03/10/2018 🔍
02/21/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: huawei.comAdvisory: sa-20180307-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-17279 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103360 - Huawei Smart Phones CVE-2017-17279 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2018 21:36Updated: 02/21/2023 07:24
Changes: 03/10/2018 21:36 (63), 01/12/2020 06:40 (4), 02/21/2023 07:24 (4)
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